Chapter 2: Project Initiation
Project Manger Skills
- Leadership & Communication - Requirements-gathering, Risk management - Team-building & Time management - Effective planning skills, Problem-solving, Negotiation
A project can be...
- product, service, result (anything tangible/ non-tangible) - update, reorganize, improved, new
Two phases that define a project
1. Temporary 2. Unique
Project
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Waterfall projects
Formal change control system - Asses all impacts of change and evaluate solution w/approval - Create baselines that project works around until change
Organization process
Handbook of how is org (rules, BP, set process)
Enterprise environment
How the org. really works (as opposed to organization process)
Why do organizations use programs?
Multiple deliverables/outputs that best practices can be applied or standard approach to each.
Reason why an organization uses a project
Needs of stakeholders Ex) customer request, demand in the market, inc regulation compliance, ethical
Change in Organization
Painful & doesn't always work - usually two many changes at once by org.
Project management (managers)
Utilize best-practices, tools/techniques, good communication, coordinate parts to produce a successful result Goal: Create integrated plan allows effective coordination
Knowing organization structures helps
adapt implementation of BP accordingly
temporary
all projects have a beginning and end regardless of time frame
Scrum in Project+ is referred to as a
framework rather than project management process
Program
group of similar/related projects coordinated/managed together
Portfolio
group of unrelated projects/programs - usually in a large organization Ex) Projects for software development and program setting up data center
Biggest impacts on process
how org is structured
Organizational structures impact on organization process
industry, regulation, org runs things
Projects for operations are created based on
internal needs of departments - outside normal business operations ex) HR updates, payroll system
Example of a Program in Regardless to Uniqueness
multiple locations have different requirements (size, space, diff configuration) but have same equipment and software
operations
ongoing, day-to-day task that keeps org. running Ex) automated, payroll, HR, Sales, Marketing
progressive elaboration
planning w/current info and update plan as new/relevant info comes up - elaborating in a progressive manner Ex) Plan days, location, budget of vacation but not weather, meals, or events
Waterfall/predictive project management
predict the result - everyone knows the result supposed to be - large changes to scope not open Ex) Building a data center results in a data center
unique
projects produce a product, service, or result that can be considered unique - unique process to get a unique result Ex) Upgrading OS differ departments varies even if its the same upgrade
Agile Project Management
think/move quickly, not predictive - plan at last moment - closely w/customer for requirements - rapid change regular - usually sprint/iterations
Dashboard
used in portfolios for multiple, unrelated project that contributes to strategize objective